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Responsibility
A Standard for Leadership
Jamie Lee Curtis, in a thank you letter to Barack Obama, sets a fantastic standard for what leaders should be, using the words of Rudyard Kipling’s If: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, [...]
The Hope Express
The Hope Express is a great initiative for the citizens of Pakistan. Started by a group of people that are passionate about saving Pakistan, The Hope Express will be pulling into your city soon. There currently is no website to gather additional information, but you can stay tuned to this blog or email us at [...]
Loose Ends and Ankahi
Faisal Qureshi is an anchor on a TV show on Samaa – his show, Ankahi, discusses topics of social awareness and civic responsibility. ‘Loose Ends Pakistan’ was a show he anchored on another channel, similar to Ankahi, but with larger groups of people at a time. This evening, he had Samina Peerzada (respected filmmaker in [...]
The Budget, Bijli and other nuances
This isn’t funny anymore. I can’t keep a smiling face and honestly tell people that everything is okay. I can’t keep looking out the window when I drive through Karimabad, Nazimabad and Lyari at the numerous shops that go without electricity every day. I feel guilty when I turn on the air conditioner of my [...]
Checking in from the US
And so here I was, in the US for what is my first real time with interacting with people (as opposed to Mickey Mouse) and discussing issues that plague so many of our communities, when I got this email with the subject of “Take Back Pakistan” – And though I was eager to plug it [...]
Civic Duty
The police of Pakistan are a dog that needs a good stiff beating. They are arrogant, drunk with power and abuse that power everyday to steal from the common man. What happened the other day in Islamabad is nothing if you hear other stories of abuse from victims of police justice. Women being raped at [...]
No Civic Sense
Anyone coming to Pakistan for the first time would think that it is a lawless state by the way that people behave, drive and speak to others. When I first came here, I was disgusted by what I saw everyday. We Pakistanis are a dirty people. We would rather throw something on the ground than [...]
Sometimes We Forget
Gracias. Danke. Merci. Thanks. Mera bandi. Simple words with the power to bind, to build, and to behold. If you’ve ever gotten thanked or given thanks, then you know its power. Just the fact that you say it can be enough to make a difference, just as not saying it can make a difference in [...]